Parenting Wisdom from Captain Hook

The kids have had spring break this week; and with a new baby around and Mommy not so spry, that translates into an excessive amount of movie viewing. Hook has been a favorite on the menu. And apparently that results in conversations like this one from tonight with Georgie:

Georgie:  Mom, was Captain Hook right?

Me:  Umm, I don’t know. What did he say?

Georgie: He said that parents tell their kids stories so that they’ll fall asleep and the parents can have time to themselves.

Me: Yes! That sounds about right to me.

Georgie: (insert hysterical laughter here). I knew that was a dumb question. You guys would never do that to us. I just had to ask it to get it off my mind.

Me: (dead silence)

Ahhh, so trusting! I didn’t bother to correct this charming faith in our parenting skills. He undoubtedly wouldn’t have believed me even if I had.

Rachel

P.S. Anika finally lost her first tooth on Tuesday, which she was pretty excited about. As soon as I can schmooze my Hubby into downloading the picture from the camera, I’ll post it for you.